Enhancing Social Work Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Substance-Using Clients Through SBIRT Training

Teaching Social Work Students About Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders: From Faculty Learning to Pedagogical Innovation

“…In response to this call and the pressing need to address the nation’s AOD challenges, we have developed and implemented the first year of an immersion faculty training program focused on providing clinical faculty with state-of-the-art training in AOD identification and treatment methods as well as training designed to increase faculty confidence in teaching social work students about AOD (see Lundgren et al ., 2018a). To be sure, our program is but one among a number of ongoing efforts to help social work educators understand the importance of AOD in behavioral health, integrate evidence-based content effectively into social work instruction, and provide social work students with training in key modalities that are relevant to AOD identification and treatment (Begun, 2005; Carlson et al ., 2017; Truncali et al ., 2012; Sacco et al ., 2017; Senreich, Ogden, & Greenberg, 2017).…”

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program for Social Work Faculty: A Model for Immersion Training

“…To be certain, we are well aware that our program is part of a broader effort to improve the quality of social work instruction in AOD use disorder identification and treatment, and to advance the skill development of social workers. Such efforts include programs designed to provide social work faculty with ready-made materials for teaching on an array of AOD-related topics (Begun, 2005), to stimulate interest in AOD-related training and research among future social work practitioners and educators (Truncali et al, 2012), and to train students and professional social workers in topics such as motivational interviewing (Hohman, 2015), Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (Carlson et al, 2017; Sacco et al, 2017; Putney, O’Brien, Collin, Levine, 2017; Senreich, Ogden, & Greenberg, 2017), harm reduction (Estreet, Archibald, Tirmazi, Goodman, & Cudjoe, 2017) and other AOD identification and treatment methods (McNeece & DiNitto, 2011).…”

Advancing Alcohol and Other Drug Education among Social Work Faculty: An Evaluation of Social Work Faculty Immersion Training

“…Additionally, we have seen a number of recent efforts targeting student AOD-related learning more directly. For instance, evidence from a number of recent studies suggests that training in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) results in sustained increases in student knowledge, confidence, and favorable attitudes towards individuals with AOD use disorders (Carlson et al, 2017; Putney, O’Brien, Collin, & Levine, 2017; Sacco et al, 2017; Senreich, Ogden, & Greenberg, 2017).…”